Introduction[]
Remus is a small colony of the Asinican Republic founded in 630 ERB. It's namesake comes from the ancient roman myth of Romulus and Remus. It is located in the Cassio System as the second orbital. The population as of 635 was around 12,000,000, but the actual number is unknown. The largest city and capital is the city of Hampton, with 9,000,000 people. The majority of the world has been terraformed and has been rapidly rising as the Asinican Republics second most agriculturally productive colony. The world is highly volcanic, with numerous mountain ranges across the world, and there are currently six super volcanoes on the world, which are believed to be the source of the highly fertile soil. One of these super volcanoes exploded in 834, killing 40,000 people and displacing another 10,000,000. The debris from the eruption have since been cleared, but the crater from the volcano still remains, over two miles wide.
History[]
Remus was founded in 630 ERB, primarily to supply agricultural products which weren't produced widely on Jadine. While some high demand products were grown on both worlds, more foreign or unsuitable lifeforms were grown on Remus instead. Established by Hesthetta Agriculture, Remus grew vast quantities of fruit, olives, nuts, and other tree crops on Remus, far more than those seen on Jadine.
In 834, one of the worlds super volcanoes erupted on Remus, killing 40,000 people within minutes. Over 10,000 miles2 of cropland was completely destroyed, and the local economy crashed as a result. Most of the worlds croplands withered and died from the volcanic winter that succeeded the eruption, causing major market disruptions across the Kelveros Cluster.